Großwallstadt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Miltenberg
Height :	121 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.02 km 2
Residents:	4117 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	294 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63868
Area code :	06022
License plate :	MIL, OBB
Community key :	09 6 76 126
Community structure:	1 district
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 23 63868 Großwallstadt
Website :	www.grosswallstadt.de
Mayor :	Roland Eppig ( FW )
Location of the community Großwallstadt in the district of Miltenberg

Aerial view with a view over the city (2008)

Round tower - part of the old fortifications

The Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary & Peter and Paul in the evening light

Großwallstadt is a municipality and a town in the Miltenberg district in Lower Franconia .

geography

Geographical location

Großwallstadt is located in the Bavarian Lower Main region on the left bank of the Main and is just under 20 km south of Aschaffenburg. The topographically highest point of the municipality district is located at 288  m above sea level. NN on the northeast slope of the Altmauerhöhe, the lowest is in the Main at 112.5  m above sea level. NN .

Community structure

There is only one district and one district Großwallstadt.

Neighboring communities

	Community Niedernberg	Market Sulzbach am Main
		Kleinwallstadt market
community Mömlingen	City of Obernburg am Main	Elsenfeld market

expansion

The municipality is expanding to the south with the planned "Am Wellenhäuschen" building area, as it is bordered by the lake district in the north, the Main in the east and the B469 in the west. The last major expansion took place through the construction area "Paradiesäcker" on the border of the lake district.

Surname

etymology

The name Großwallstadt is made up of the Old High German words Walah for novels and stat for home. As an explanation, this results in the residence of the Romans . The sometimes used name additions large and king as well as the Latinized differentiations maior or major (the greater), regis (of the king), trans Morgum (above the Main) and ex ista parte Mogi (from this main part) should distinguish it from Kleinwallstadt . The addition king refers to the manorial rule of the king.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

1000 ualohostat 1131 Walenstat 1181 Walhestat 1219 Walhestad maiori 1248 Walinstatt 1261 Walhenstat 1272 Walestad

1276 Walhestat 1282 Walhestad trans morgum 1297 Walinstat ex ista parte Mogi 1298 Walhestad major 1306 Kunigiswalstad 1312 Walhestad maiori 1341 Walherstad maior

1344 large whale stat 1345 Great Walstad 1383 Großinwalstad 1403 Walstad Regis 1504 Walstat Regis 1532 Groß Walstat 1740 Großwallstatt 1805 Großwallstadt

history

As part of the upper archbishopric of Mainz , Großwallstadt fell to the newly formed principality of Aschaffenburg during the secularization of 1803 , with which it fell to Bavaria in 1814 (now a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) .

In 1862 the district office of Obernburg was formed, on whose administrative area Großwallstadt was located. As everywhere in the German Reich , the term district was introduced in 1939. Großwallstadt was now one of the 35 communities in the district of Obernburg am Main . With the dissolution of the district of Obernburg, Großwallstadt came to the newly formed district of Miltenberg on July 1, 1972 .

politics

mayor

In the mayor and municipal council election on March 2, 2008, Roland Eppig (Free Voters) was elected 1st Mayor. In the election on March 16, 2014, he was confirmed in office. In the election on March 15, 2020, he was elected mayor for a further six years.

Predecessor:

• 2002–2008: Reinhold Köhler (CSU)
• 1990-2002: Erich Hein (CSU)
• 1969–1990: Walter Vogel (CSU)
• 1966–1969: Linus Geis (CSU)
• 1956–1966: Bruno Köhler (SPD)
• 1945–1956: Konrad Markert (CSU)

Municipal council

Since the mayor and municipal council elections on March 15, 2020, the 16-member municipal council has consisted of six members of the Free Voters (FW), four members of the Christian-Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), four members of the BfG (Citizens for Großwallstadt) and two members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) together.

coat of arms

Blazon : "including in red a golden crown with two pearl-occupied ironing and a golden cross, the silver capital letter W." The coat of arms is derived from a place symbol from 1755, which is depicted on the facade of the parish church. The crown and the capital letter "W" refer to the former place name "Walstad regis". Großwallstadt lies on the site of a Roman manor and has been known as "Walstadt regis" since Carolingian times. The colors silver and red refer to the former rule of the Electorate of Mainz.

Economy and Infrastructure

→ Main article : Route of industrial culture Rhine-Main Bavarian Lower Main

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 29 employees at the place of work in the field of agriculture and forestry, 801 in the manufacturing sector and 102 in trade and transport. In other economic areas, 139 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1536 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were 16 companies in the manufacturing sector and three in the construction sector.

The largest employer with around 1000 employees is Ciba Vision / Alcon , which is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of contact lenses and contact lens care products.

Public facilities

• two kindergartens (with daycare and crèche)
• Cardinal Döpfner School (elementary and middle school with all-day school)
• catholic public library
• Volkshalle
• Gym

traffic

Großwallstadt is affected by the B 469 .

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Großwallstadt

Franconian red wine hiking trail

The Franconian red wine hiking trail has a total length of approx. 70 km and starts in Großwallstadt. The route was divided into 6 stages, the longest stage being 15.3 km.

Local museum

Home tailoring in Großwallstadt began around 1880. It is one of the many handicrafts that were typical of the German economy in those years. In addition to a replica of a home workers' workshop, agricultural equipment and a historic kitchen with a washing kettle can be seen in the museum.

Exhibits:

• Home tailoring workshop around 1910
• Home tailoring workshop around 1935
• Potato department and agricultural implements
• Viticulture equipment
• Basket weaver
• Historical kitchen with washing kettle
• Collection of old musical instruments

Sports

The TV 1888 Großwallstadt was until 2013 the only Bavarian representative in the handball league of gentlemen. The club was German champion six times from 1978 to 1981, 1984 and 1990 . Currently (as of the 2018/19 season), the club is playing in the 2nd handball Bundesliga after a temporary relegation to the third division .

Personalities

• Gregor (Ludwig) Giegerich (born April 29, 1913 in Großwallstadt; † October 4, 1950 in the prison of Pyongyang , North Korea ), Missionary Benedictine , martyr of Tokwon
• Norbert Geis (* 1939), politician (CSU)
• Josef Karrer (* 1939), handball player, world champion 1966
• Manfred Hofmann (* 1948), former world-class German handball goalkeeper
• Siegfried Roch (* 1959), former German handball goalkeeper, German champion, European champion and Olympic silver medalist Los Angeles 1984
• Isabell Roch (* 1990), BL handball goalkeeper, German champion, German national goalkeeper

Oddities

The Großwallstädter and the Kleinwallstädter insulted each other across the Main as "Pollack". The word has a positive as well as a negative meaning; the students became the royal. Aschaffenburg Forestry University named after its color "Forest Pollacken". In their dashing jerks they enriched the cityscape of Aschaffenburg and the surrounding area.

Cheese matte (quark) was eaten with hot and whole (“haas und gans”) potatoes. This is where the Ortsneckname "Matteköpp" can be traced back to.

When digging the kitchen garden with the spade there is always a small blow on the clod of earth to break it up. The people of Großwallstadt could do that best, which is why they were also called the “Schollekläpperer”.

statistics

Population development

• 1900: 1078 inhabitants
• 1925: 1425 inhabitants
• 1950: 2284 inhabitants
• 1961: 2466 inhabitants
• 1970: 3011 inhabitants
• 1980: 3345 inhabitants
• 1990: 3438 inhabitants
• 1995: 3897 inhabitants
• 2000: 3994 inhabitants
• 2005: 4063 inhabitants
• 2007: 4125 inhabitants
• 2008: 4116 inhabitants
• 2009: 4129 inhabitants
• 2010: 4131 inhabitants
• 2011: 4071 inhabitants
• 2012: 4098 inhabitants
• 2013: 4088 inhabitants
• 2014: 4114 inhabitants
• 2015: 4118 inhabitants
• 2016: 4129 inhabitants
• 2017: 4154 inhabitants

Nationalities

Distribution of foreign residents by nationality

In 2017, a total of 304 non-Germans from 42 different countries lived in Großwallstadt. This corresponds to about 7.32% of the total population in Großwallstadt. Most of the foreign residents come from Turkey (133 people).

household

The municipality's total budget in 2017 was € 17,550 million. The per capita debt was reduced from € 333 to € 10 between 2007 and 2012; the national average in Lower Franconia increased from € 656 to € 706 in the same period.

Since 2013, the per capita debt has been € 0 and the municipality is thus debt-free.

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  Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul

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  town hall

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  Local museum

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  Aerial photo 2008

literature

• Felix Mader : The art monuments of Bavaria. Lower Franconia XXIII. District Office Obernburg. Verlag R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1925 (Unchanged reprint. Ibid 1981, ISBN 3-486-50477-0 ).

Web links

Commons : Großwallstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.grosswallstadt.de/ Kommunalverwaltung
• Großwallstadt: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ bayerische-stateesbibliothek-online (accessed in January 2013)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 90 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ City Hall. Großwallstadt municipality, accessed on August 7, 2020 . 
5. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Großwallstadt  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
6. ↑ The Martyrs of Tokwon, Brother Gregor (Ludwig) Giegerich ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - ( Missionary Benedictines ) 
7. ↑ Werner Trost: Stampes, Worzelköpp and Staffelbrunzer , District Court Miltenberg 2003.
8. ↑ Population statistics for the municipality of Großwallstadt, as of December 31, 2017